Petroleum-burner



(No Model.)

W I OHMER PBTROLBUM BURNER.

NO. 604,781. Patented May 31,18%..-

IVILFRED I. OI-IMER, OF DAYTON, OIIIO.

PIETROLEU mBURNER.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters :Patent No. 604,781, dated May 31,1898. Application filed February 20, 1896. Serial No. 580,075. (Nomodel.)

T0 all 1077/0771, it may concrn:

Be it known that I, WILFRED I. OHMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Petroleum-Burners; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in petroleum-burners, ashereinafter described.

in the specification and set forth in the claim.

Referrin g to the anneXed drawings, lgure 1 is an elevation of a gravityfeed device, showing parts in section. Fig. 2 is a view showing amodification of the burner. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a manifold'connection of burners.

In carrying out the object and purposes of my invention I employ areservoir A, having a suitable capacity and placed ina convenientelevated place, so as to provide a suitable fall for the oil enteringthe burner, which is conducted through the feed-pipe a into an elbow b.o designates a hood that is secured on the upper end of said elbow andthrough which a tube e projects. The hood c is essentially larger thanthe burner pipe or tube e in order to provide an annular space aroundsaid pipe to maintain the oil in a heated condition. The burner-tube ebeing` normally hot, the oil surrounding it on the inside of the hood islikewise kept in a heated condition and quickly vaporizes. The upper endof this tube has a nipple for the emission of vapor, and the said upperend is snrrounded by a collar d. Below this collar there is a cup (W,into which a sufficient quantity of oil or other ignitible liquid may bepoured and ignited in giving the tube its initial heating'.

f designates arms or brackets that converge from the collar cl andextend upward and have upon their upper ends a heat-conducting ring fwith an upper concaved side. A fiamespreading plate g is mounted on theextreme upper ends of the said arms and provides some space between thesaid ring` and plate for the mixture of the vapor with air., while heatis generated about the tube.

The 'above describes the construction of the burner hereinbeforereferred to. Some modification is shown in Fig. 2, where it will benoted that the openin g in the lower end of the tube e is in the sidethereof, and the burner is inclosed above the oil-cup d' by a cylinderct', which has its lower end open. The converging arms f come in contactwith the interior of the cylinder and are made secure thereto, thussupporting the said cylinder. This cylinder is a means for confining thefiame and heat within certain limits, and also prevents the air fromblowing the fiame.

Fig. 3 shows the mounting of more than one burner shown in Fig. 1, allof them being fed by gravity. The feed of the oil is controlled by avalve j, that may be located in any convenient position.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a petroleum-burner, thecombination With a burner-tube, a collar surrounding said tube, armsprojecting upwardly from said collar, a heat-conductor on said arms, anda flame-spreading plate above said heat-conductor, of a hood inclosing aportion of said burn er-tube and providing` a space around theburner-tube in which oil is heated, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILFRED I. OHMER.

lVitnesses I GEO. H. WooD, R. J. MOCARTY.

